As a customer, I have always valued Austrian Airlines
very highly. For me, the Austrian brand has always been
synonymous with Austrian hospitality. With their friendliness, charm and competence, its members of staﬀ put
the Austrian brand pledge into practice perfectly: We ﬂy for
your smile. This always inspired me. It is hugely important
to me, dear guests, that you feel inspired by our service.
I shall be personally striving to ensure this is the case.
We have once again put together an attractive
schedule for you for the winter of 2011/2012: With optimal
ﬂight times and good connecting ﬂights, we will take you
to around 130 destinations worldwide. Our home airport
Vienna makes this possible by functioning as an eﬃcient
hub with especially short transfer times between West
and East. We oﬀer you ﬂights to 42 destinations in Eastern
Europe – we are, in fact, the only airline from Western
Europe to serve a number of key destinations such as
Minsk and Sarajevo.
We are incorporating targeted expansions into our
long-haul programme for you this winter: In the winter
months, for instance, we will be ﬂying up to twice a week
to Malé, capital of the Maldives. We are expanding our
product to Toronto from three to four ﬂights a week. On the
popular Vienna-New York route, we will be deploying our
ﬂagship – the Boeing 777 – this winter. This aircraft oﬀers
space for more than 300 passengers. And our ﬂights to
Beijing will be departing at changed ﬂight times, making
them an even more enjoyable experience for you. In total,
our programme this winter includes non-stop connections
to ten attractive long-haul destinations.
We want to design your journey to be as agreeable an
experience as possible. That’s why we regularly introduce
new products and services that support you in achieving
this. On page 115 of this issue, you will ﬁnd an overview of
our current ‘redservices’.
Dear passengers, we at Austrian Airlines will be doing
everything within our power this coming year to provide
you with a travel experience of the highest quality –
whenever you ﬂy with Austrian. I look forward to doing
so with passion and enthusiasm, working together with
my colleagues on the Executive Board and our professional
team of 6,836 members of staﬀ around the world.
I hope you enjoy a pleasant ﬂight with Austrian
Airlines today.
Herzliche Grüße /// With best regards,

artige Museen / Nice and the
surrounding area have more to oﬀer than
sun, sand and superb dining, of course.
Great museums, for example
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SPORT, INDUSTRIE UND KULTUR | SPORT,
INDUSTRY AND CULTURE Die wunderbare

No one else can see it, but you know the secret of your Wellendorff ring –
a little golden angel is hidden inside.
Read the whole story which inspired us to create this new collection at:
www.wellendorff.com/goldenangel

YOU ENJOY EVERY FLIGHT.
The same also applies to fresh coffee or tea: many of the 25
Airport Restaurants offer beverages and of course snacks to
take on board. We recommend those passengers with a bit
more time available until departure to take a seat and pamper
themselves. Enjoy the variety of international specialities and
Austrian delicacies – for example, in a restaurant with a view
of the airport apron. Nothing is more relaxing than drinking a
classical Viennese coffee, while observing the hectic hustle
and bustle around the airplanes landing and taking off.

A PERFECT SUNDAY BREAKFAST –
WITH OR WITHOUT A FLIGHT TICKET.

A SHOPPING TRIP ON EVERY JOURNEY.
Paris, Milan, London – in our 80 Airport Shops, you will ﬁnd
the best-known and most popular brands from the world‘s
fashion capitals. However, it is not only the fashion, accessories and shoes that put a sparkle in the eye of the shopping
enthusiast – beautiful jewellery, elegant lingerie and the wide
range of perfumes will also steal your heart. The Duty Free/
Travel Value Shops are the best designed beauty shops in
Austria. Besides, whether you buy perfume or wine in the
transit area: All liquids are specially packaged so that you can
take your purchases on board your ﬂight.

Whether it be coffee, milk or fresh pastries, you can always
get the day off to a good start at Vienna International Airport.
All of the shops are open 365 days of the year – some restaurants are even open 24 hours a day. Of course, the same
applies for the publicly accessible area at check-in and in
the arrival hall. With this variety of shopping and culinary
treats, the Vienna International Airport is always worth a
visit, with or without a ticket.

JUST ARRIVED.
The latest news: You will always ﬁnd the offers of the day on the huge orange „shopping bag“,
immediately after the boarding pass control and in the arrival hall respectively.
www.viennaairport.com/shopping

Geräten, sie werden Electronic Flight Bag (EFB)
genannt, sind alle für den Flug relevanten
Informationen gespeichert und dienen als
Ersatz der Dokumente in einem Digitalformat.
Damit können nicht nur Papierkarten, sondern
auch die gesamte papierbasierte Flugbetriebsdokumentation aus dem Cockpit verbannt
werden. Dies erleichtert die Informationsverwaltung am Boden und die Flugverwaltungsaufgaben der Piloten im Flug. Außerdem
können die EFBs spezielle Softwareanwendungen für Leistungsberechnungen verarbeiten,
welche früher von Hand ausgeführt wurden.
Der neueste Trend im Pilotenkoﬀer ist das
iPad. Es ist noch leichter und kompakter als ein
Laptop und durch den Touchscreen weitaus
bedienerfreundlicher.
///
hat do pilots keep in the bulky black cases
they take with them into the cockpit? It’s
not clothing, in fact, but reams of reference material
required for the ﬂight – around 20 kilos’ worth of
papers. That includes operating manuals, security
checklists, maps, weather information, approach
ﬂight and airﬁeld maps, and much more besides.
That’s certainly how it used to be.
In recent years, of course, those 20 kilos of paper
have been largely replaced by laptops. The devices,
known as the ‘Electronic Flight Bag’ or ‘EFB’, have
all the information relevant to the ﬂight stored on
them, and provide a digital format replacement for
the documents. That means not just paper maps but
all paper-based ﬂight operations documentation can
be banished from the cockpit. This makes it easier to
manage information on the ground and for pilots to
perform their ﬂight administration tasks during the
ﬂight. Apart from this, the EFBs can use special
software applications to carry out performance calculations which would previously have had to be done
by hand.
The latest trend in the pilot’s case, meanwhile, is
the iPad. This is even lighter and more compact than
a laptop, and far more user-friendly thanks to
touchscreen operation.

Wo verbrachte die Cheﬁn des Hotel Sacher in Wien ihren
letzten Urlaub? Was hat sie immer im Gepäck? |
Where did the boss of the Hotel Sacher in Vienna spend
her last holiday? And what does she always have to
hand in her luggage?

What are your favourite hotels? The Baur au Lac in
Zurich and the Hermitage in Monte Carlo.
What makes a good hotel? Individual service and a
comfortable, unpretentious atmosphere.
City, beach or mountains? Mountains yes, beach
yes, cities yes.
Chicken or beef? Chicken.
Action or relaxation? Relaxation.
Pool or gym? Pool.
Book or laptop? Book.
What are your favourite destinations? Paris and
New York – not just because of their cultural range,
but also because everyday life there is so amazing!
Any insider tips? Seefeld in Tyrol.
Where did you go on your last holiday? The
Maldives.
What do you always have in your luggage?
Headache pills and my Blackberry.
How many days a year do you spend in the air? No
more than a few hours at any one time, maybe 10
days in total.
Who would you most like to have sitting next to
you on your next ﬂight? Nobody at all.
Aisle or window? Aisle.
What’s a good way of beating jetlag? Don’t drink on
the plane.
What do you currently have on your iPhone or
iPad? I don’t own one.
Where do you never want to go again in your life? I
can’t say.
Where should everyone go at least once in their
life? To the Sacher in Vienna!

„Lieblingsdestinationen?
Paris und New York wegen des Kulturangebots.“
| “Favourite destinations?
Paris and New York,
for their huge
cultural range.”

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KOMMENTAR

Die europäische Luftfahrt
Europas Luftfahrtbranche steht in den nächsten Jahren vor großen
Herausforderungen. Davon ist Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus überzeugt. Der Generalsekretär der Association of European Airlines (AEA) vertritt die 36 größten
europäischen Fluglinien und war jüngst zu einem Arbeitsbesuch in Wien. |
Europe’s aviation industry is going to be faced with major challenges in coming years.
Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus is convinced of this. The General Secretary of the Association of
European Airlines (AEA) represents the 36 largest European airlines, and was
recently in Vienna on a work visit.

Bereich des Außenhandels ist die EU bereits alleine verantwortlich und kann ihr ganzes Gewicht für fairen Wettbewerb einsetzen. Warum denn nicht auch im Bereich der Luftfahrt?“, zeigt
Schulte-Strathaus fragend einen möglichen Weg auf.
///
n top of the diﬃculties of recent years – the ﬁnancial crisis, volcanic
eruptions, unrest in the Middle East and the Japanese nuclear
disaster – we have experienced problems of our own making. SchulteStrathaus counts amongst these poorly thought-through regulation in
the ﬁeld of CO² taxes, unnecessary costs being imposed through ticket
taxes, and unfair competition with state-subsidised airlines, in particular
with the increasingly aggressive national carriers of the Gulf states.
Europe’s top aviation expert calls for a clear strategy for European
aviation from the politicians: “We need Europe-wide, common airspace
supervision with uniﬁed, transparent charges. That would help the
environment, because the ﬂight routes would become shorter, so costs
would also fall. That helps the airlines, and would encourage competition.”
Schulte-Strathaus is concerned over the planned emissions trading
and the current disputes over additional landing rights for the Gulf
airlines in Europe, especially Emirates. The problematic aspect of the
planned emission trading scheme is that it only applies to European
airlines. “That damages both the industry and Europe as a commercial
location,” the airline representative says.
With turnover of some 275 billion euros, the aviation industry makes a
major contribution to the GDP of the EU. It provides essential logistical
services for industry and trade. That means aviation is a growth driver for
Europe as a global economic location. “We also create and secure 4.5
million jobs in Europe,” the aviation manager adds.
When it comes to the additional landing rights, Emirates is not just
interested in individual routes. Rather, their strategy is focussed on
diverting global traﬃc ﬂows from Asia and Australia to Europe, Africa
and the USA away from the European hubs to the hub of Dubai. “Why else
should Dubai be expanding its airport to handle 160 million passengers by
2018? That’s twice as many passengers as London Heathrow will have by
then,” Schulte-Strathaus wonders.
In the view of Schulte-Strathaus, the European airlines are in reality
not competing with an airline, but with a state which is prepared to do
anything to promote aggressive expansion by its airline; Emirates is part
of an aviation group which is 100% state-owned, that is by the ruling
family of Dubai. “Competition between airlines and states cannot work.
There can only be one winner,” he states clearly.
Schulte-Strathaus, a lawyer by training, also sees an international
agreement similar to the WTO’s rules of fair competition in trade and
services as a solution in the aviation sector. The European Commission
must take on and deal with this problem overall. “The EU already has sole
responsibility in the ﬁeld of external trade, and can use its full political
weight to ensure fair competition there. So why not do so in the aviation
sector as well?” Schulte-Strathaus asks, highlighting a possible way
towards a solution.

restaurants and Club Lounge on the
18th Floor. Equally exquisite are the
spa, ﬁtness centre and swimming pool
complete with screen for showing
black-and-white ﬁlms. An extra
bonus with this hotel is a connecting
walkway to a shopping mall for the
city’s rich and beautiful people. Small
wonder, then, that the Ritz Carlton
Financial Street was voted the best
city hotel in all China, including Hong
Kong, Macao and Taiwan, in this year’s
traditional readers’ survey of US
travel magazine Travel + Leisure.

Ein Bummel durch das trendige, über
800 Jahre alte Hutong-Gässchen
Nanluogu Xiang garantiert Schmelztiegel-Atmosphäre: Hier vermählt sich
Fernost mit dem Westen, hier mischen
sich die Düfte von Fleischspießchen
mit jenen süßer Churros, hier kontern
witzige und winzige Mode-Läden
einem riesigen Betonquader, dem
Sitz der Central Academy of Drama –
Experimental Theater.
/// Make like the locals, who have
taken the Houhai Lake into their
heart – year-round. In the summer
months, it teems with what you might
call ‘fair-weather seafarers’, who rent
themselves a boat and bob along at
a leisurely pace. On particularly hot
summer days, the Chinese even swim
in the lake – despite the swimming
ban. In the winter, meanwhile, a more
audacious bunch take over the popular day-trip destination, which is surrounded by hip bars and restaurants:
the members of the Polar Bear Club
like to hack holes in the ice before
jumping into the icy depths below.
Beihai Park is also worth a visit for
its lake. Its most impressive features
are actually located on a small hill: the
White Pagoda, which has repeatedly
been shaken by earthquakes in the
360 years since it was built, and
offers a beautiful view on clear days.
Visitors can also enjoy the terriﬁc
vista out across the sea of roofs of the
Forbidden City.
A stroll through the 800-year-old,
trendy hutong alleys of Nanluogu
Xiang is guaranteed to provide a
melting pot atmosphere: this is where
Far East meets West, the aroma of skewered meat mixes with sweet churros,
and tiny, witty fashion stores compete
with a vast concrete block, the head
ofﬁce of the city’s Central Academy of
Drama – Experimental Theatre.

Peking mitgebracht? A: Herrlichen
grünen Tee.
///
Q: You’ve just got back from
Beijing; what did you most like
about it there? A: Dining out in the
evening on ‘Ghost Street’. It’s known
as that because so many restaurants
along it are open 24 hours a day.
Q: What should you be absolutely
sure of seeing? A: The Summer
Palace, the Great Wall of China, the
Forbidden City and the hutongs.
Q: What’s your favourite local
restaurant - and what do you eat
when there? A: Liquin Roast Duck
(Beixiangfeng Hutong No.11, Chongwen - Qianmen): for the best Peking
Duck in the world.
Q: Where do you go in the
evening? A: To the district of
Sanlitun, home to countless rooftop
bars; the Suzie Wong Club (www.
suziewong.com.cn); the GT Banana
Club in Jianguomen, near Beijing
Railway Station; the Scitech Hotel
(22 Jianguomenwai Dajie, Chaoyang
District); the Sugar Bar in Sanlitun
(Courtyard 4, Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang
District); and the 1/5 Ultra Lounge (8
Chaoyang Gongyuan Xi Lu Chaoyang
Park, Chaoyang)
Q: Where’s the best shopping
to be had? A: Check out the Silk
Market, the Ya Show Market, the
Pearl Market and the Decathlon
sports shop.
Q: What did you buy yourself in
Beijing? A: A giant tent at Decathlon; otherwise I prefer spending my
money on going out to eat!
Q: Any tips for us? A: Don’t go to
the Great Wall of China until late in
the afternoon; that’s when the tourist
crowds disappear until the next
day, and you can enjoy the evening
atmosphere almost alone.
Q: If there’s time for an excursion, where should you go? A: To
the Great Wall or the Summer Palace.
Q: What have you brought with
you from Beijing as gifts for
friends? A: Lovely green tea.
Ausﬂugsziel: die Chinesische
Mauer. /// Day-trip destination:
the Great Wall of China.

Die funktionalen und doch raﬃnierten, meist
weiß verputzten Bauten im Bauhausstil prägen
heute noch das Stadtbild; so nennt man Tel
Aviv immer noch „die weiße Stadt“. | From
the café where we have breakfast, it’s not far to the
Bauhaus Centre (99 Dizengoﬀ Street, www.bauhauscenter.com). At 10.00 on the dot, a tour begins
which takes us around some of the most interesting
structures which were built in this architectural style.
Bauhaus was an architectural and design school in
Germany in the 1920s and 30s. Many of its members
were Jews and Socialists, and emigrated to Tel Aviv.
For them, it was the perfect location: Tel Aviv is a
young city, founded in 1909 by 66 Jewish families, and
dominated by a highly liberal, egalitarian climate. The
functional yet reﬁned buildings in the Bauhaus style,
most of which are whitewashed, now deﬁne the image
of the city, which is why Tel Aviv is still known as the
‘White City’ to this day.
Es geht weiter mit Kultur. Wir
halten ein Taxi an und dieses
bringt uns in den südlichenVorort Holon. Hier
entstehen nicht nur riesige Wohnanlagen für
die Bewohner der schnell wachsenden Stadt,
sondern auch ein Kulturbezirk, der sich sehen
lassen kann: mit Bibliothek, Kinder- und
Comicsmuseum, Theater. Besonders empfehlenswert ist hier das eigenwillige Design
Museum (8 Pinhas Eilon Street, www.dmh.org.
il), das vom israelisch-englischen Stardesigner
Ron Arad entworfen wurde. | The cultural spin
to our day continues. We hail a taxi to take us to
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just where vast residential estates are appearing
everywhere to cater to the rapidly-growing population
of the city, but also a district with a distinctly cultural
ﬂavour, something we can see and feel almost immediately driving past the library, children’s and comic
museum, and theatre. Particularly recommended is
the unconventional Design Museum (8 Pinhas Eilon
Street, www.dmh.org.il), which was itself designed by
Israeli-English star designer Ron Arad.
Wir haben das Taxi warten
lassen, während wir das
Museum besuchten. Nun bringt es uns nach
Jaﬀa. Jaﬀa gab es lange vor Tel Aviv; sogar in
der christlichen Mythologie spielt es eine
Rolle. Es ist eine arabisch geprägte Stadt mit
einigen empfehlenswerten Sehenswürdigkeiten wie dem Hafen, dem Glockenturm oder
der Mahamoudia-Moschee. In den ehemaligen
Lagerhallen im Hafen sind heute schicke Restaurants, Bistros und Cafés. Wir nehmen einen
schnellen Snack (z. B. im The Fishermens oder
im Container). Dann geht es weiter. | We have
the taxi wait for us while visiting the museum, so
it can take us to Jaﬀa. Jaﬀa was there long before Tel
Aviv, and even plays a role in Christian mythology.
It’s a city with a more Arabic ﬂavour and feel, with
a number of highly recommended attractions such
as the harbour, the bell tower and the Mahamoudia
Mosque. The former warehouses at the harbour have
all now been converted into chic restaurants, bistros
and cafés. We enjoy a quick snack (The Fishermen’s
and the Container are two addresses always worth
checking out if you’re hungry), before moving on.

where you can drink your lemonade with mint and
squint into the sun. Just take your time. Sunset over
the Mediterranean is sensational!
Manta Ray (www.mantaray.
co.il), also Teufelsrochen,
heißt eines der Lokale am Strand von Tel Aviv,
und zwar am Alma Beach. Was von außen
vielleicht nicht viel hergibt, entpuppt sich im
Inneren und später beim Speisen als wunderbares, entspanntes, aber feines Lokal. Großartige Mezzes, fantastischer Fisch, herrliche
Nachspeisen. Wie man hört, ist das eines von
Madonnas Lieblingslokalen, wenn sie wieder
einmal in Tel Aviv ist, um sich in der KabbalaSchule weiterzubilden. | Manta Ray (www.
mantaray.co.il) is the name of one of the local
restaurants by Alma Beach, one of Tel Aviv’s many
beaches. While it may not look like much from the outside, inside –and later on when eating – you’ll discover
a wonderful, relaxed but reﬁned restaurant. They do
great mezze here, fantastic ﬁsh and beautiful desserts.
We are reliably informed it’s one of Madonna’s favourite haunts when she’s visiting Tel Aviv to attend the
Kabbala School.
Vom Manta Ray ist es nicht
weit in einen Stadtteil namens
Nev Tzedek, der vor noch nicht allzu langer
Zeit ziemlich heruntergekommen war und nun
ein bemerkenswertes Comeback als Bohemeund Künstlerviertel erlebt. Was viele zu einem
Vergleich mit der New Yorker Lower East Side
animiert. Hier verbringen wir den Rest des
Abends. | From the Manta Ray, it’s not far to a
district by the name of Nev Tzedek, which not too
long ago was rather tired, but is now experiencing
a remarkable comeback as a bohemian and artistic
district, inspiring many to compare it with New York’s
Lower East Side. This is where we spend the rest of the
evening.

schaft und Technik). Vor allem aber ist Dorcol
ein Grätzel mit vielen Clubs, entspannten Cafés,
guten Restaurants (Bistro Pastis), sehr interessanten Galerien, ungewöhnlichen Boutiquen
und Concept-Stores (z. B. Supermarket).
///
elgrade’s trendiest district is called Dorcol, and is
located at the very heart of the city, between
Studentski Trg and Cara Dusana. Dorcol has a richly
diverse past, with representatives of many diﬀerent
religions and cultures having lived here over the
centuries – sometimes alongside, sometimes after one
another – including Turks, Jews, Roma and Serbs. The
district is made up of a maze of alleyways and narrow
streets lined with numerous buildings with long
histories, churches (the Orthodox Alexander Nevsky
Church, for example) and mosques (such as the
Bayrakli Mosque), theatres (the National Theatre) and
museums (the Ethnological Museum and Museum of
Science and Technology, to name but two). Above all,
however, Dorcol is a place to live, with numerous clubs,
relaxed cafés, good restaurants (Bistro Pastis),
interesting galleries, unusual boutiques and concept
stores (such as Supermarket).

Sie es rechtzeitig. Das gilt auch, wenn Sie
Veganer sind.
Lippenstift nicht nachziehen, wenn alle
anderen Gäste noch beim Essen sind.
Warten Sie, bis alle fertig sind, oder erledigen
Sie das im Badezimmer.
///
Whether you’re on business or in the company of
friends, a visit to the restaurant with guests can
contain a long list of potential social faux pas. In
the event that you are called upon to be host or guest
at such an occasion, here are a few tips which will
enable you to make a good impression wherever you
are around the world.
“Wait to be seated”– wait until you are formally
shown to your seat at the table. In our part of the
world, this way of doing things is not yet quite so
customary. The rule here is usually that whoever
reaches a particular seat at the table ﬁrst takes that
place. That does not go beyond the limits of acceptable behaviour. You wait for the staﬀ allocating the
table.
If you are part of a group, then wait at the bar
until everyone is there. The waiter will thank you
for doing so.
The waitress or waiter should be greeted with a
friendly “Hello”. Do so respectfully and looking
deeply into his or her eyes. Quite apart from the fact
that this is polite, don’t forget much of the success of
the evening lies in their hands.
If you are the host, arrive punctually or ideally 5
minutes early. Tell the waiter you will be paying
the bill.
The following applies for the host of the evening:
pass around the bread basket, and only when
everyone has been oﬀered it do you take some yourself.
While the waiter reads out the dishes on oﬀer,
please don’t pull any oﬀensive faces. He’s just
doing his job.
Before you order, please ensure everyone already
knows what they want. There’s nothing more
painful than when a waiter is forced to hang around
by the table for minutes on end.
A serviette is there to be used.
Ordering wine: ﬁrst ask around the table for
who prefers white wine, and who would like
red. Only then should you order. If you have no idea
whatsoever which wine to order, ask a guest to help
you or ask the waiter or sommelier of the restaurant
to give you a hand.
If both cold and hot dishes have been ordered,
and these reach the table in diﬀering order, ask
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guests have ordered cold dishes, then wait until the
last one reaches the table and begin together.
If you cannot eat without ﬁrst wishing your
guests ‘bon appétit’, then do so. But just the
once! And don’t expect everyone present to respond by
saying ‘bon appétit’ back.
You have ﬁnished when your knife and fork are
pointing in the correct direction. Only then
should the plates be cleared away.
If you are a guest, do not order the most
expensive dish on the menu. It doesn’t make a
very good impression.
The guest should never moan about the food.
If your menu doesn’t show the prices,
this isn’t just a typing error. It’s the
ladies’ menu. This is viewed as especially elegant.
Should the table already feature a seating
order, don’t change it; your host will have had
his reasons for placing his guests in a particular order.
As a guest, make a toast to the host.
If you don’t know the
restaurant or you are
expecting the food to be particularly
exotic, then Google it beforehand. In
this way, you will be at least slightly
au fait with where you are and
what you eating.
If you
have an
allergy to a
particular food,
please say so in
good time. The
same goes for
vegans.
Do not put
on lipstick
while other guests
are still in the
middle of their
meals. Wait until
everyone has
ﬁnished or ﬁnish it
oﬀ in the bathroom.

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Der Gast sollte
niemals nörgeln. |
The guest should never
grumble about the food.

///
t’s not just Nice’s mild Mediterranean climate,
its abundance of moules and other seafood,
beach bars that are open year-round, restaurants
formidables serving amazing wines from Provence,
laid-back cafés on the Promenade des Anglais,
unforgettable light or unencumbered view out over
the Mediterranean that are so enticing in the
winter months. That’s also the ideal time to follow
in the footsteps of the countless artists, art
collectors and patrons who – not least for the
reasons above – have settled in Cannes and along
the Côte d’Azur. This star-studded history has
gifted the area with many outstanding museums,
galleries and foundations. We found four marvellous exhibition spaces in Nice and the surrounding
area.

I

Musée Matisse
Matisse, der im Norden Frankreichs
geboren wurde, kam 1916, also im Alter
von 46 Jahren, nach Nizza und ließ
sich hier teilweise nieder; ab 1938 blieb
er dann endgültig in der Stadt. Eine
Villa aus dem 17. Jahrhundert in dem
schönen und vornehmen Vorort Cimiez,
hoch in den Hügeln über der Stadt,
beherbergt nun ein sehr sehenswertes
Museum, das dem Werk dieses Meisters
der Formen und der Farben gewidmet
ist. ///
Matisse, who was born in northern
France, ﬁrst came to Nice in 1916 at the
age of 46, and settled here for part of
the year, staying here for good from
1938 onwards. A villa dating back to
the 17th century in the beautiful and
elegant suburb of Cimiez, high up in the
hills overlooking the city, is now home
to a museum well worth seeing, which
is devoted to the work of this master of
form and colour.
> 164, Avenue des Arènes de Cimiez,
Nizza, T +33 4 93 81 08 08
www.musee-matisse-nice.org

Musée d’Art Moderne et
d’Art Contemporaine
Vielen der Künstler, die an der Cote d’Azur lebten und
arbeiteten, begegnet man in diesem Museum in Nizza,
das kurz MAMAC genannt wird. Ein Schwerpunkt der
Sammlung ist dem in Nizza geborenen Yves Klein gewidmet, dem bekanntesten Vertreter der Ecole de Nice. ///
This museum, known as MAMAC for short, is a great
place in Nice itself to encounter many of the artists
who have lived and worked on the Côte d’Azur over the
years. The collection focuses in particular on Yves Klein,
born in Nice and the best-known representative of the
Ecole de Nice.
> Promenade des Arts, Nizza
T +33 4 97 13 42 01
www.mamac-nice.org

An artists’ pub, but what a place!
A legend in its own lifetime. All the
great French painters of the past
century were regular guests here,
from Picasso to Renoir and Chagall,
as well as great ﬁlmmakers from
around the world (thanks to the
nearby Cannes Film Festival). The
jet set, after busying themselves
doing nothing on the beaches of the
Côte d’Azur, have also made this
wonderful restaurant (with hotel
attached) their own over the years.

Fondation Maeght

YOU DON’T
HAVE TO LIVE
IN THESE
APARTMENTS
TO LOVE
VIENNA.
OWNING THEM
WILL DO.

bieten, wie das Opernhaus oder die Philharmonie. Im kommenden Jahr wird Donetsk einer
der Austragungsorte der Fußball-Europameisterschaft sein.
///
he fact that the Ukrainian city of Donetsk has
risen to Europe-wide fame is mainly thanks to
oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, a former professional boxer
who managed to become Ukraine’s richest man. He
took over football club Shakhtar Donetsk a few years
ago, started buying outstanding Brazilian footballers
as if there were no tomorrow, and promptly took the
team to the European top level and transformed them
into conﬁrmed participants in the Champions League.
Donetsk is also of enormous economic importance to
Ukraine, as the centre of its steel and coalmining
industries. The city of one million people also has a
number of cultural attractions, however, including the
Opera House and the Philharmonia. Donetsk will be
one of the venues of the European Championship this
coming year.

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Die Fußballarena von Schachtar Donetsk.. ///
The stadium of football team Shakhtar Donetsk.

ustrian Airlines boasts an unusually strong
presence in Iraq: back in December 2006, it
became the ﬁrst western airline to set up a
connection with the northern Iraqi city of Erbil, after
which, in summer 2011, the capital Baghdad
became its second destination in Iraq. This is
actually a return for Austrian Airlines: it oﬀered the
Vienna-Baghdad route in its schedule from 1982
onwards, but was forced to cancel the connection in
1990 due to the Kuwait crisis. It is also worth noting
that Austria was the ﬁrst European country to
conclude a new, liberal, bilateral transport agree-

ment with the Iraqi authorities after the Iraq War,
on the initiative of Austrian Airlines, in the spring
of 2004. The Kurdish region of northern Iraq, with its
capital Erbil, has become the economic powerhouse
of the country in recent years, becoming the base for
many western companies due to its stable situation.
Erbil and other cities in the north, such as Sulaimaniyah, are of major cultural signiﬁcance, and
already now attracting the interest of tour
operators. And since its own security situation has
begun to stabilise, Baghdad too has been attracting
increasing numbers of businesspeople, and even its
ﬁrst tourists.

ten ist. Kinder, es ist bald Weihnachten, habt
ihr es schon gemerkt? Die Kinder beißen in ihre
nach Zimt und Nelken duftenden Bleistifte,
blicken von ihren Heften mit den Weihnachtsmann-Aufdrucken hoch und lächeln noch
nicht mal müde. Tatsächlich werden sie sich
bald an kein weihnachtenfreies Leben mehr
erinnern, das Jahr wächst von beiden Seiten
mit Weihnachten zu: Die Weihnachtstarife der
Mobilfunkanbieter gelten bald bis Ende Juni
und ab August stapfen die schneebemützten
Weihnachtsmänner durchs Süßigkeitenregal.
„Last Christmas“ und der „Little Drummer
Boy“ werden bald zehn Monate im Jahr aus
den Lautsprechern der Kaufhäuser erschallen.
Und man wird den Kindern ab März mit dem
Krampus drohen: Bist du nicht folgsam,
kommt bald der wilde Mann mit der Rute!
So schön, dieses Weihnachten, immer noch
und immer wieder. Aber auch so immerwährend, dass man sich bald nur noch drei Wochen
im Juli darauf freuen wird können. Das wäre
irgendwie schon schade. Es weihnachtet
schon. Aha.
///
h no. Hmmm. It’s never too early for a
Christmas column. Never ever. In fact,
Christmas has been just around the corner since
August. Because it was in August – on the 24th of
August to be exact – that your writer spied the ﬁrst
Christmas biscuits of the year on the shelves of a
Vienna supermarket. ‘Gewürz Spekulatius’, they were,
the Christmas gingerbread so beloved of the Austrians. Cute, crispy and covered in winter motifs. Just the
sort of thing you could imagine nibbling at on a
snowed-in day, quite possibly washed down by a
mulled wine, as Santa Claus sweeps past outside. On
the 24th August in question, it was 100 degrees in the
shade, and your writer had beads of sweat trickling
down her cheeks and towards her neckline. The
Spekulatiusses (is that how you pronounce it in the
plural? Spekulatiusse? Spekulati?) had a wintry village
scene printed on the packaging: a cosy church behind
cosy houses, all covered in thick, white snow, with glittering ﬁr trees in between. For a ﬂeeting moment I
could imagine myself actually in that village; wished I
could throw myself backwards into the knee-deep,
cotton-soft snow (which I would of course slide
straight through due to my body heat), and build
snowmen until a much longed-for cold crept into my
bones to make my skin tingle.
That was when I realised just how short the
summers have become. And how long, how endlessly

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long, our winters now are. And just how soon the
Christmas season would once again be upon us. And
this seemingly moments after I had been injected with
my desire for summer, with its airy, colourful clothes,
aroma of food cooking outdoors, vegetables from the
garden, everything and everywhere being green, its
sun, sweat and oppressive heat trickling down your
cheeks and towards your neckline. So I turned away
from the spekulatiants (or whatever) and headed for
the exit and outside, where the sweltering heat
knocked some sense back into me for a moment. Out
into the midday sun, so hot I was forced to gasp for
fresh air. And it was just lovely. Because I just couldn’t
get those Spekulatius biscuits out of my mind, and the
threat that had been invisibly impressed upon them: it
won’t be long now, won’t be long. Soon you’ll be
freezing. Because Christmas is upon us.
It’s Christmas soon. We’ve been freezing for months
now. The Gewürz Spekulatius (oh yes, that’s how it
goes: ‘Spekulatius’, both singular and plural, quite
simple) have long since been joined by masses of
similar products on the supermarket shelves, meaning
you can hardly ﬁnd anything any more that doesn’t
remind you that Christmas is nearly upon us.
Nowadays, it’s not just biscuits, chocolate and tea,
but also washing-up liquids, air fresheners, bath salts,
nappies and toilet cleaners that have to impregnated
with the sti… erm, ‘sweet perfume’ of Christmas
motifs. Angels, Father Christmases, snow and
glittering ﬁr trees galore, in case any of us forgot for a
moment that Christmas was almost upon us. And
kids, had you noticed Christmas was upon us?
Children bite into their pencils smelling of cinnamon
and cloves, look out from their school books with
Father Christmas designs in the top corner and smile,
enjoying every minute: soon, in fact, they won’t be able
to remember a life when it wasn’t Christmas all the
time, as the year slowly grows together from both
ends: as the Christmas rates of mobile providers apply
through to the end of June, and snow-capped Father
Christmases stare out at them from sweet counters
from August onwards. ‘Last Christmas’ and ‘Little
Drummer Boy’ will soon be chiming out from
loudspeakers at department stores ten months a year.
And parents will be able to scare their children by
asking ‘Have you been good this year?’ whenever they
want from March onwards – because if not, the
Krampus is coming to get you!
The whole Christmas thing is so lovely, and yet,
when it’s continually just round the corner, pretty soon
there will only be three weeks in July left for us to
actually look forward to it. And that, somehow, would
be a shame. Christmas is upon us. Oh.

(17. Februar 2012, Wiener Konzerthaus)
und den traditionellen Kaﬀeesiederball
(10. Februar 2012, Wiener Hofburg) sichern.
///
alls remain a major part of carnival season in
Vienna to this day. Around 300 events of this
kind are held during the ‘season’, most at venues
heavy with historical signiﬁcance. Once a year, for
instance, the granddaddy of all such events is held
when the Vienna State Opera is transformed into the
most festive and famous ballroom in the world for
the Vienna Opera Ball. It plays a major role in
maintaining the predominant view of Vienna from
the outside world as a city of high European culture.
On 16 February 2012, meanwhile, the time comes
once again to say “Let the waltz begin!” as the tone
is set and high society from around the world
obediently follows suit.
The Vienna Philharmonic Ball, which will be held
on 19 January at the Vienna Musikverein next year,
runs the Opera Ball a close second in terms of
tradition. The Josef Strauss Ball, too, has an
agreeable hint of past imperial atmosphere about it:

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anyone wishing to indulge in the loveliest waltz
strains of the season on 11 February 2012 is warmly
welcomed to the premises of the Vienna Kursalon.
Here’s a brief look back: the traditional Viennese
ball originally grew out of the social events held at
the French and Burgundian court in the fourteenth
century, reaching its apex at the time of the Vienna
Congress around 1814. The dancing today, as then, is
highly traditional, such as that at the Vienna State
Opera, and eccentric and shrill in the famous round
of the sexes at the legendary Life Ball in front of and
in the Vienna City Hall.
Balls have long not just been about dancing, however; they are also used as an occasion for refreshing
– or establishing anew – private or professional
contacts in a pleasant and relaxed atmosphere. And
anyone wishing to combine such networking with a
very special kind of culinary pleasure should get hold
of tickets sooner rather than later for the Vienna
Sugar Bakers’ Ball (13 January 2012, Vienna
Hofburg), the Bonbon Ball (17 February 2012, Vienna
Konzerthaus) and the traditional Coﬀee House
Owners’ Ball (10 February 2012, Vienna Hofburg).

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FOTOS:PETER PROVAZNIK; WWW.LIFEBALL.ORG

Johann Strauss Ball. Walzerseligkeit
und Lebenslust. /// Bliss of the waltz,
and a lust for life. 11. Februar, Kursalon.
www.soundofvienna.at

and beef olives. ‘Our guests will ﬁnd a symbiosis of the
old and the new here,’ says Mario Plachutta,
explaining the high gastronomic esteem in which
Viennese cuisine is held by the family of gastronomes.
Modern cuisine is also well represented by ﬁsh and
meat from the grill, pasta-based dishes and much
more; there’s a beer brewed specially by Vienna’s
largest brewery according to an ancient brewing
methode, and selected wines from Austrian vineyards
to round oﬀ the enjoyment.
The doors of the ‘Gasthaus zur Oper’ are open
almost around the clock and to all connoisseurs of high
quality, so that members of the Viennese public,
businesspeople and guests from around the world will
feel equally at home here. The building, which is over
600 years old, has been restored down to the last
architectural detail and ﬁtted with the very latest
technology, which has in turn been carefully incorporated into the historic surroundings. The restaurant has
even produced its own tile reliefs, which present a
striking design feature in their own right. Thanks to the
light, friendly paintwork combined with the 100-yearold ‘lamperie’, or wood panelling, the restaurant has
created the unmistakably urbane atmosphere that has
made the ‘Gasthaus zur Oper’ an institution in
Austrian gastronomy within just a short time.

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In dem schönen Lokal mit Gastgarten im Sommer hat das berühmte Wiener Schnitzel eine adäquate Heimstätte
gefunden. Zusätzliche Attraktion im Sommerhalbjahr: der große Gastgarten mit schattiger Markise. /// The famous
Wiener Schnitzel has found a good home at the beautiful local restaurant, which also features an outdoor area in the
summer. Additional attraction in the summer months: large garden for guests, with shady canopy.

eautifully quiet… The snow-capped mountains
surrounding Innsbruck twinkle in the twilight,
and a sea of lights gradually comes on, marking the
city out from the darkness. In the weeks before
Christmas, as the Advent market tradition dominates
Innsbruck’s squares and marketplaces, the city sparkles
with a very special intensity. It’s not just romantics
who will ﬁnd the experience heartwarming, or children
who will be wide-eyed; Innsbruck’s ﬁve Christkindl
markets, the Advent markets held in the weeks before
Christmas every year, really do oﬀer something for
everyone. And at the heart of the spectacle that
surrounds the Christkindl markets is the Old Town
quarter of the capital of the Alps. Here, in front of the
Goldenes Dachl, the building that is the most enduring
symbol of the city, aﬀectionately named after its
‘golden roof’, is where ‘der Romantische’, Innsbruck’s
oldest Christkindl market, is to be found. This is a place
to look around, take a stroll or simply chat with friends.
And every evening, Christmas melodies chime out from
the alcove balcony of the Goldenes Dachl as trumpeters
invite listeners to pause and reﬂect a moment on
things higher than the bustle of everyday life.
Just a few steps away, you’ll ﬁnd the next
Christkindl market, ‘der Zeitgeistige’. Located on
Maria-Theresien-Straße, which truly lives up to its
reputation as the city’s ‘grand boulevard’, an avenue of
trees dripping with glittering crystals is lined with
stands covered in Christmas decorations – with the
vast mountain crystal its undeniable centrepiece and
symbol. Meanwhile, on Marktplatz, an Advent
children’s paradise, ‘das Kinderparadies’, is open to all.
This is a place where children can meet Kasperl and his

friends, fairytale storytellers, stroke animals from the
zoo and – this year for the very ﬁrst time – a live
Christmas crib. High, higher, Panorama Christkindl
market. It’s just ten minutes’ ride from Innsbruck’s city
centre out to the Hungerburg peak on the city’s unique
railway, where you can enjoy the atmosphere of this
Christkindl market, with its breathtaking panoramic
mountain view. The latest ‘conquest’ of the Christkindl
markets is Wiltener Platzl, a leisurely ﬁve minute stroll
from Maria-Theresien-Straße. Lined by shops and
taverns, the small square doesn’t just oﬀer beautiful
handicrafts in amongst old houses, but also a wide
range of diﬀerent culinary treats.
And while Lucifer may play an important role
showing visitors around the recently redesigned Tiroler
Volkskunstmuseum, a visit to this unique museum is a
decidedly more peaceful and contemplative experience
during Advent. Its grand crib exhibition is an
impressive show indeed, with exhibits from over the
centuries of real interest for those with a love of art. Art
and science, the fascination of a material and a
world-famous name – Swarovski Innsbruck is all that.
The classy new Swarovski Store, directly next to the
Goldenes Dachl, is one of the largest anywhere in the
world – a heavenly place to marvel at, where the entire
product range of Swarovski is an invitation to simply
shop and stare. But it’s not just in the small shops of
the Old Town, with their creative, unusual and
handicraft gifts, that you’ll ﬁnd wonderfully pretty
Christmas presents; the Rathausgalerien and
Kaufhaus tyrol shopping malls are also an invitation to
indulge in endless shopping pleasure. Whether you’re
looking for designer goods, beautiful Tyrolean
handicrafts, culinary temptations or high-class
jewellery and objets d’art, Innsbruck is an enchanting
shopping destination. It’s also home to trendy bars,
chic coﬀee shops and seductive pâtisseries: because
sometimes you have to take a culinary break from all
the creative thinking behind those gifts.
And when the time ﬁnally comes to see out the old
year, the capital of the Alps really comes into its own.
This year, Innsbruck’s special New Year’s Eve event, the
‘Bergsilvester’, begins on 29 December with an open air
concert at Marktplatz. On 30 December, there’s a
special celebration for children at the Zwergerlsilvester,
until on New Year’s Eve itself, more than 30,000 happily
celebrating people come together throughout the city
centre in the build-up to midnight, with live music,
culinary treats and surprises on a range of stages set up
in the streets. Until in the ﬁnal countdown, the time
comes for the grand ﬁrework display to light up the city
and surrounding peaks against the magniﬁcent Alpine
backdrop.

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in the Tirol. In Innsbruck and Seefeld more than 1,000 up-and-coming
athletes will be competing for glory in 63 events. Come and see them live!

Ein Quartier für
die Kunst |
2011
A Quarter for
the Arts
Zu seinem 200-Jahr-Jubiläum öﬀnet im November 2011 das generalsanierte steirische Landesmuseum Joanneum im Joanneumsviertel
wieder seine Tore. | To mark the bicentenary of its
original opening, the renovated Styrian State Museum
Joanneum will be opening its doors again in the Joanneum Quarter in November 2011.

come, an important project has been launched
together with the region of Styria: from 2011, the
Joanneum Quarter will not just be at the heart of the
ﬁrst public museum in Austria, but will also set an
important accent in the urban planning of Graz city
centre. In 2006, Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos from
Madrid and eep architekten from Graz won a
Europe-wide architectural competition with the
proposal to place the new visitors’ centre underground in the courtyard of the Neutorgasse and
Raubergasse buildings.
The Styrian State Library, also founded in 1811, is
another institution that will be given a new home in
the Joanneum Quarter. Together with the Neue
Galerie Graz, with its internationally diverse and
renowned exhibition programme, the State Library,
the oldest and largest regional library in all Austria,
will make a major contribution to providing the
multimedia collections and the new Natural History
Museum in the Joanneum Quarter with its lively mix
of art, culture and the sciences!
In the Joanneum Quarter, a modern cultural
cluster of truly European dimensions has been born.

Right on time for the bicentenary of the Universalmuseum Joanneum, the Joanneum Quarter
will open its doors November 26, 2011. The Joanneum Quarter includes: the Neue Galerie
Graz with the BRUSEUM, the Multimedia Collections, the Natural History Museum
(opening 2013) and the Styrian State Library. This intervention in the cultural cityscape
of Graz designed by ARGE Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos / eep architekten has created a new
center for cultural and scientific life in Graz.
www.museum-joanneum.at

Klimt und die Geburt der
Im kommenden Jahr wäre Gustav Klimt 150 Jahre alt geworden. Und
so präsentieren im Jubiläumsjahr 2012 zahlreiche Wiener Museen
Sonderausstellungen zum Werk des großen Malers und Wegbereiters
der Moderne um 1900. Ein Muss für alle Kunstfreunde. | The year 2012
marks the 150th anniversary of Gustav Klimt’s birth. And to pay tribute to this
great event, manyViennese museums are taking the opportunity to present
special exhibitions of the paintings of the great artist whose work paved the
way for modern art around 1900. A must for all art-lovers.events, the
Austrian region has the best credentials in the world.

ith 22 pieces by the artist in its possession,
Vienna’s Belvedere is home to the world’s
largest collections of paintings by Klimt. There are
also major works on display at the Leopold Museum
in the MuseumsQuartier, the Wien Museum and the
Albertina. Contemporary documents and other
exhibits at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/
Contemporary Art (MAK) and the National Library
reveal yet more about Klimt and his life. During 2012,
Klimt’s anniversary year, visitors to Vienna will be
able to experience how the artist and his circle – the
Viennese modernist movement – continue to
inﬂuence our thinking, and discover why this era has
lost nothing of its allure.
All forms of high culture gravitated towards
Vienna around 1900. Pioneering developments in the
worlds of literature, the visual arts, architecture and
music were taking place at a speed not seen since. In
1910 Vienna had a population of two million, making
it the world’s ﬁfth-largest city and the undisputed
cultural capital of Central Europe. Gustav Klimt’s
pictures reﬂect the artistic and scientiﬁc discoveries
and developments that shaped the period. His oeuvre
charts the course from the Ringstrasse era to the early
days of abstraction: inﬂuenced by Hans Makart, the
deﬁning Viennese painter of the late 19th century,
Klimt, his brother Ernst, and Franz Matsch accepted a
number of commissions to decorate buildings on
Vienna’s showpiece Ringstrasse boulevard. The
staircases of the Museum of Fine Arts and the
Burgtheater are two outstanding examples of their

work. Klimt’s creative output and the style he
developed in later years paved the way for his younger
contemporaries, Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka.
The legacy of Klimt and his fellow artists’ 1897
protest against an outdated view of art, which led to
the foundation of the Secession movement, can be
seen to this day. Created by Joseph Maria Olbrich, an
employee of Otto Wagner, the new Secession Building
exhibition hall bears the prescient motto of “To every
age its art, to art its freedom”. Klimt contributed the
building’s Beethoven Frieze. The architect Josef
Hoﬀmann was one of the co-founders of the Secession
movement. Together he and Klimt worked on the
Palais Stoclet in Brussels – probably the deﬁnitive art
nouveau Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art). Klimt
also had a major impact on the Wiener Werkstätte
(established in 1903 by Hoﬀmann and Kolo Moser);
the ﬁrm was to change the face of design forever.
Works by these artists and their contemporaries
are not conﬁned to Vienna’s museums and exhibition
halls, they have had a lasting impact on the
cityscape. Society, too, was undergoing dramatic
changes at the turn of the century. Klimt’s depictions
of women reveal the emergence of an increasingly
self-conﬁdent middle class. His 1898 portrait of Sonja
Knips elevated him to the role of the portraitist of a
well-heeled Viennese bourgeoisie. His likenesses of
Fritza Riedler and Adele Bloch-Bauer (one of the most
expensive paintings in the world) have lost nothing of
their appeal to this day. The same goes for his pictures
of his longstanding companion, Emilie Flöge, a
modern, emancipated woman.

schwerpunkt „Reﬂecting Reality“ wendet sich
der Blick hinter die Kulissen der psychologischen Dynamik von Kunstproduktion und
Sammlerleidenschaft und lenkt den Fokus auf
Wiens Weltruf als Stadt der Psychoanalyse.
///
rom 14 to 20 November 2011, international
museum directors, curators, collectors, critics and
artists will be coming together with personalities from
the Vienna art scene to exchange thoughts about the
latest tendencies in art at the seventh Vienna Art
Week. The range of programmes of Vienna’s art
institutions, museums and galleries and of the Art
Cluster Vienna from the Oﬀ-Space Scene will include
special tours, one-oﬀ exhibitions to the Gallery
Weekend, podium discussions, lectures, extended artist
talks, exhibition openings, installations, interventions
and performances, right through to selected events at
private companies which are supportive of contemporary art. The focus of the programme, “Reﬂecting
Reality”, takes a look behind the scenes at the
psychological dynamic of art production and passion
of collecting, and concentrates on Vienna’s worldwide
reputation as a city of psychoanalysis.

erotic experience at 14 in front of the picture “The Rape
of the Sabine Women” by Rubens at the Museum of
Fine Arts: “That was a revelation.” In 1971, he went on
to start his career as an art trader by selling an etching
by Alfred Hrdlicka, with whom he worked later in life.
In 1976, Hilger opened his own gallery on Dorotheergasse, in the centre of Vienna. This was followed by
countless exhibitions by such greats as Pablo Picasso,
Max Ernst, Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol and many
others. From 1996 to 2009, Hilger, who was born and
bred in Vienna, increasingly dedicated himself to the
promotion of young art, developing Siemens_artLab
together with Siemens Österreich. In 2003, the Galerie
Ernst Hilger was extended to include the hilger contemporary gallery, and in 2009 he founded the HilgerBROTKunsthalle in the former Anker bread factory, as
well as doing curating work for Austrian Airlines. “In
HilgerBROTKunsthalle, we do curated and themed
exhibitions from countries with exciting curators from
around the world.” The moment the new space opened,
its major Iran show was a massive success. Ernst
Hilger tries to discover art, such as that from Central
America or now Africa, as early as possible.
And he is hugely inspired by “his” Austrian artists
such as Asgar/Gabriel, Julie Monaco, Oliver Dorfer and
Andreas Leikauf. “I believe we now represent a group of
artists of very, very high quality.” The gallerist is also
especially pleased with the success of his artist
Anastasia Khoroshilova, who will be showing a
collateral project at the Biennale in Venice. Such
moments of happiness still represent his actual
experience of success, after 40 years in the art business.
For the future, the 61-year-old plans to leave the “usual
business” to his young employees and concentrate his
energies more on his art projects. “I would simply like
to learn much more about art, and have many more
exciting encounters with artists and friends of art.”

gen“, erklärt Karola Kraus, „und jenen Werken gegenübergestellt, die in Zukunft herausfordernder Teil der Sammlung
werden sollen.“
///
n her ﬁrst exhibition, Karola Kraus, new Director of Mumok, the
Museum Moderner Kunst in Vienna’s MuseumsQuartier, presents
her subjective view of the museum collection, which includes some
9,000 diﬀerent items. The exhibition will extend across all levels of the
newly-renovated museum. In doing so, Kraus focuses on a selection of
key works and workgroups from the pioneers of the modern to the
youngest positions, divided both chronologically and thematically.
Amongst the exhibits in the collection are a number of works the
museum desires for itself in years to come, and accordingly, the show is
entitled “Museum of Desires”. “In ‘Museum of Desires’, the collection is
being subjected to a physical inventory,” Karola Kraus explains, “and
contrasted to works that should be a challenging part of the collection
in future.”

ang Ai does not shout. His work is quiet,
subtle and secretive. It shows algae-like,
coral-shaped meanders viewed from a distance,

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AUSTRIAN
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craters that are transformed into characters and
images upon closer consideration. Into animals,
weapons, aircraft. Technical devices serve Wang Ai as
a metaphor for the contemporary age, which he
views critically. They blend in with Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tradition
and history, and what it is to be in China today.
Machines that leave hardly any space for the
tradition that is not valued in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s society, and
the majority of which no longer exists.
Wang Ai was born into a family of artists in 1971.
His strict father planned for him to study at the
famous Hangzhou Academy of Art. At the age of 19,
however, he struck out on his own and decided not to
follow the rigid, old-fashioned style of teaching, and to
become a poet. This turning-point in his life, the search
for his own self, strongly shaped him. His short stories,
which have also been translated into German, are
strongly oriented to everyday Chinese life, and describe
the phenomena of this contemporary Chinese world.
In the visual arts, which have been with Wang Ai since
his childhood, he unites Indian ink, aquarelles and
propylene. The artist uses the traditional Indian ink
for characters from Buddhist, Taoist or Confucian
teachings which are often in opposition with one
another. The quotes from the modern, contemporary
China, by contrast, are in colour. Wang Ai, who for
many years has destroyed works he does not feel have
been successful, experimented for over a year to ďŹ nd
the right kind of rice paper, which, as it is very thin
and fragile, he laminates on a wooden board. Wang Ai
is a seeker who, while he hopes the observer will
discover the deeper sense in the pictures, does not
support him in doing so.

Nach langer Bühnenabstinenz haben Sade heuer bereits zahlreiche ausverkaufte
Konzerte in verschiedenen europäischen Städten gespielt. Nun ist der klassische
Sade-Sound, untermalt von den Visuals von Sophie Muller und live dargeboten von
der Band rund um Sängerin Sade Adu, auch in der Wiener Stadthalle zu hören
(25. November).
/// RETURN TO THE STAGE. After a long period away from the stage, the band
Sade has played a string of sold-out concerts in European cities
this year.
Now you can catch the classic ‘Sade sound’, accompanied
by the visuals of Sophie Muller and presented live by
the band around singer Sade Adu, at the Vienna
Stadthalle (25 November).
www.stadthalle.com

IN DER ARBEITSWELT
In der Ausstellung „In Arbeit“ im Technischen Museum Wien steht die Dynamik
des Arbeitslebens im Blickpunkt. Die Schau geht den wesentlichen Einﬂüssen und
Veränderungen des Arbeits- und Berufslebens auf den Grund. Eindrucksvolle Bilder
und historische Modelle erzählen von arbeitenden Menschen und ihren Arbeitsplätzen. Weiters sind u. a. einzigartige Arbeitsgeräte zu sehen.
/// IN THE WORLD OF WORK. The focus of the “In Work” exhibition at the Technisches Museum Wien is on the dynamic of working life. The show looks into the
fundamental inﬂuences and changes in working and professional life. Impressive
images and historical models tell the stories of working people and their workspaces. The show also includes unique working devices.
www.technischesmuseum.at

EIN NEUES MUSEUM FÜR WIEN
Das 20er Haus wird zum 21er Haus: Der für die Weltausstellung 1958 in Brüssel
entstandene Österreich-Pavillon wurde 1962 als Museum für die Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts in Wien eröffnet – jetzt erhält das sanierte Architekturjuwel unter Leitung
des Belvedere ein neues Proﬁl. Ab Mitte November wird das Gebäude als Plattform
für die österreichische Kunst von 1945 bis heute im internationalen Kontext genutzt. Zusätzlich wird das neue Museum die Schausammlung der Wotruba-Stiftung
und die Artothek des Bundes beherbergen.
/// A NEW MUSEUM FOR VIENNA. The museum of the twentieth century is reinventing itself as one very much for the twenty-ﬁrst: the Austria Pavilion, originally
created for the 1958 World Exhibition in Brussels, subsequently reopened in Vienna
in 1962 as a museum dedicated to the art of the twentieth century. And now the
renovated architectural jewel has been given another new proﬁle under the
management of the Belvedere. From mid-November onwards, the building will be
used a platform for Austrian art from 1945 to the present day in an international
context. The new museum will also house the display collection of the Wotruba
Foundation and the Artothek des Bundes.
www.belvedere.at

This unique tour gives you a really comprehensive and overall view
of the metropolis on the Danube. SigniďŹ cant museums, monuments and buildings along the Ringstreet, gorgeous castles and the
Vienna Prater are included on this tour.

STAATSPREIS FĂ&#x153;R
TOURISMUS
Der Tourismusverband TraumArena
in OberĂśsterreich mit seinen drei
Vierstern Superior Hotels Aviva,
Bergergut und Guglwald hat mit
der hauseigenen TraumArena Akademie den begehrten Staatspreis
fĂźr Tourismus in einer der drei
Hauptkategorien gewonnen. Den 150 Mitarbeitern und 20 Lehrlingen der Top-Hotels
und allen weiteren Tourismusbetrieben des Tourismusverbandes TraumArena stehen
insgesamt 25 Fach- und PersĂśnlichkeitsseminare kostenlos zur VerfĂźgung.
/// STATE PRIZE FOR TOURISM. The TraumArena Tourism Association in Upper
Austria, which offers three â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;four-star superiorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hotels, the Aviva, the Bergergut
and the Guglwald, has won the coveted State Prize for Tourism in one of the three
main categories, thanks to the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very own TraumArena Academy. The 150
employees and 20 trainees of the top hotels and all other tourism operations of
the TraumArena Tourism Association have a total of 25 specialist and personality
seminars available to them free of charge.
www.traumarena.at

Was tun bei Passverlust oder plötzlicher Krankheit? Wie sicher ist mein Urlaubsland? Das Außenministerium ist im Notfall weltweit
für Sie da – jetzt auch auf dem Smartphone. Mit der neuen Auslandsservice-App sind die Adressen und Telefonnummern aller österreichischen Botschaften und Konsulate ganz leicht abrufbar. Per Fingertipp erhält man die schnellste Route vom Standort. Die App
bietet außerdem nützliche Informationen zu 197 Ländern. Alle Daten und Infos sind auch ofﬂine, also ohne aktive Internetverbindung,
verfügbar.
/// IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES. What do you do if you lose your passport or suddenly fall ill while abroad? How safe is the country
where you’re spending your holiday? The Austrian Foreign Ministry is there for you around the world in case of an emergency – and
now over your smartphone too. Using the new ‘Auslandsservice’ (‘foreign service’) app, the addresses and telephone numbers of all
Austrian embassies and consulates abroad can be accessed quickly and easily. The app calculates and shows you the fastest route from
your location at the time to those destinations. It also offers useful information about 197 countries. All the data and info are available
off- as well as online, so you don’t need an active internet connection.
www.auslandsservice.at

genzentrum Maus, “our procedure ensures that the treatment is particu-

Zum Vergleich: 1,0 ist der Normalwert.

larly gentle. Due to the fact that it removes the smallest possible amount
of tissue per diopter, the Concerto enables us, to carry out procedures
for more serious eye defects, making us one of the only clinics with such
high levels of accuracy.
In order to offer patients with higher prescriptions a life without
glasses, we are also able to choose from a wide array of intraocular
lenses, as for example the ICL TM, the Cachet ®, or multifocal lenses
such as the ReSTOR ®, which simultaneously corrects presbyopia. The
results and reliability guaranteed by our equipment are unrivalled.
This type of laser has been certiÄed by the American Food and Drug
Administration, FDA, as the only one capable of improving night and
contrast vision. 59% of patients had an incredible visual acuity of 1.6
after the procedure. By way of comparison, the average is just 1.0.

Wie gut ist Gold?
How good is gold?
Wie soll man in Zeiten wie diesen sein Geld
anlegen? In Immobilien? In Aktien? In
Fonds? In Gold? Österreichs Experten geben
Rat. | How should you invest your money at times
like these? In property, shares, perhaps, funds or
gold? Austria’s experts oﬀer their advice.
TEXT ROBERT WINTER

spread investment strategy. Susanne Höllinger, Manager of Private
Banking at Erste Bank, says: “Gold is rightly viewed as a crisis currency.
That’s why you shouldn’t worry too much about short-term price setbacks. Nevertheless, you shouldn’t invest more than ten percent of your
money in bars or coins.” Until some light starts to shine through the fog
currently surrounding the euro, gold will remain overweighted, including
in the customer deposits of the private banking sector of UniCredit Bank
Austria, as the precious metal continues to beneﬁt from the low interest
rates.
Generally, however, investors continue to be well-advised to exercise
caution. Mathias Bauer, Head of Raiﬀeisen Capital Management: “If
Greece can’t completely service its national debts, which would make a
domino eﬀect possible, or if euro bonds are introduced, or even if there is a
fracturing of the euro-zone, ﬁscal policy in the western world over the next
few years will be restrictive while economic growth is deteriorating.”
Marcel Landesmann, Chairman of Bank Vontobel Österreich, views the
issuance of euro bonds as a step in the right direction. Experts warn,
however, that this move alone will not be enough to solve the problems in
the longer term. Landesmann: “Greece needs a modern Marshall Plan.”
According to estimates by the Swiss major UBS, too, eﬀective measures
are now urgently necessary. Franz Witt-Dörring, Head of UBS Österreich:
“Our latest analyses conﬁrm that Greece is unable to keep up the
payments on its debts. Its default could ﬁnally come in the spring of 2012,
although under some circumstances it could happen earlier still.” In light
of the tense situation, Witt-Dörring does not believe the euro will
strengthen particularly, so he recommends investing in more solid
Scandinavian currencies such as the Norwegian krone to grow your
assets, as well as emerging country currencies.
According to current publications by major banks such as Goldman
Sachs and Citigroup, it’s now pretty well inevitable that world economic
growth will suﬀer a temporary setback in the near future. Robert Zadrazil,
Head of Private Banking UniCredit Bank Austria, agrees with these
gloomy forecasts. He, too, is working on the basis that the economy is
going to slow down. Zadrazil: “The sluggish trend in the world economy is
hurting ﬁnancial markets. Although I don’t think we’re going to see a
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new recession, investors would be well-advised to spread their assets
wider than before.”
In light of the very nervous markets, Raiﬀeisen Capital Management
manager Bauer is advising investors to follow a defensive investment
tactic until further notice. They should be placing part of their money in
‘Raiﬀeisenfonds Konservativ’, a shares umbrella fund, which invests in a
broad spread of euro bonds from solid countries, shares and bonds from
emerging economies. Anyone not wishing to miss out on shares entirely
due to the cheap stock market valuation, says Bauer, can go for Raiﬀeisenfonds Sicherheit, in which up to 25 percent of the investment is in
global shares and 75 percent in bonds.
Christian Ohswald, Private Banking Manager of Raiﬀeisenlandesbank Niederösterreich-Wien, is advising uncertain investors to place part
of their money in passbooks with a term of more than three months.
Ohswald: “At the moment, there are more or less no rules to the economic
game. As long as this trend continues, it’s worth keeping money safe with
the bank you trust.” Erste Bank expert Höllinger takes the same line:
“Savings deposits of up to 100,000 euros are protected by the deposit
guarantee. Anyone bringing around 15 percent of their money to the bank
will get the same security as with Austrian bonds.”
When it comes to euro bonds, Private Banking Manager Ohswald errs
on the safe side: “Our bond funds are almost exclusively in bonds from the
core countries of Germany and Austria, with only a small proportion in
French bonds.” The expert suggests a moderate level of bonds from
emerging economies as a partial replacement for euro bonds. Vontobel
Chairman Landesmann advises a reorientation: “Up until now, it has been
viewed as particularly safe to invest all your money in bonds from the
industrialised world. I would question whether that’s still the best thing to
do. The risk categories need to be rethought.” That’s why, back at the beginning of the year, Bank Vontobel said farewell to bonds from established
countries. Only Germany and Austria remain a side issue. Since then,
Landesmann, says, investments in corporate shares have been increased to
make up for this, as have bonds from emerging economies. In the latter,
bonds in local currencies have also got a look-in. Landesmann: “Many
emerging economies have their state debts, and are conservative.”

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die Erhöhung der Transparenz im außerbörslichen Handel ab.
///
Are you already seeing consequences from the
latest debates over the crisis? Yes. It’s a diﬃcult
time for share issues. The windows we saw for
doing so in the spring have already closed again.
Companies nowadays need to take advantage of
very short issue windows, which means they have
to have completed all of their wide-ranging
preparatory work well in advance, before the next
issue window becomes available; the mood on
markets can turn within just a few weeks. At times
of strongly falling prices, there is also hardly any
room for capital increases – nobody wants to sell
their company too cheaply! For companies raising
ﬁnance over the capital market, this can lead to
serious problems.
So we’re going to see stagnation on the capital
market? You could certainly put it that way.
Demand for shares is falling, and the trading
volumes on the Vienna Stock Exchange speak for
themselves. One reason for this is certainly the
widening of capital gains tax, but it also has to do
with the stronger presence of oﬀ-market trading
platforms. If estimates are to be believed, something
like 80 percent of bonds are already being traded
oﬀ-market, as well as 50 percent of European shares,
with the tendency still rising.
Doesn’t this parallel market conceal risks such
as those we saw in the subprime crisis? This trend is
not just positive. Although stock exchanges are
relatively expensive, they provide high visibility and
transparency. While the legal regulations and
supervision do relate to oﬀ-market trading, it’s more
diﬃcult for the law to be implemented. That won’t
always be the case, however; the amendment passed
to the EU Market Abuse Guideline is also aiming to
increase transparency in oﬀ-market trading.

Austrian Airlines is offering its passengers one extra ﬂight
a week between Vienna and Toronto in the winter schedule
valid as of 31 October 2011. This means a total of four weekly
connections to Canada’s largest city in the ﬂight schedule of this
winter season – one weekly ﬂight more than last winter. In the
summer schedule, Austrian Airlines offers its passengers a daily
connection to and from Toronto.

Austrian Airlines is offering improved ﬂight times in
its winter schedule 2011/2012 for ﬂights to and
from Beijing:
Flight no. OS 063 takes off from Vienna at 5.40 p.m. and
arrives in Beijing at 10.10 a.m. the next day, local time.
From there, ﬂight no. OS 064 departs at 12.10 p.m. and
lands in Vienna at 3.45 p.m. local time.
Flight days from Vienna to Beijing are Monday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Sunday, and from Beijing to Vienna,
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
uTo Bourgas instead of Varna

Varna Airport is closed for building work from 15
October 2011 to 28 February 2012.
During this time, the Austrian Airlines ﬂight will will
be landing and taking off in Bourgas. From there, a
free shuttle bus will take passengers to and from Varna
Airport. Flight times are as follows:
Outbound ﬂight: 9.45 a.m. - 12.35 p.m.
Return ﬂight: 1.25 p.m. - 2.20 p.m.
Flight no.: OS 1263 and OS 1264 instead of OS 763 and
OS 764
Passengers to Varna are automatically being
rebooked.

The NH Danube City, meanwhile, is located in the heart
of the business district, which encompasses the Donau
City area, the Austria Center Vienna and the UN Building. The NH Danube City is an elegant business hotel
with an international clientele. 16 spacious meeting
rooms equipped for all technical requirements provide
conference clients with everything they could possibly
want. In the centre of Vienna, right next to the Botanical
Gardens, is the NH Belvedere. This classic Art Nouveau
building features expansively designed rooms and an
outstanding location.
For all guests in search of dynamic Vienna with its
great shopping opportunities and modern art, the NH
Wien and NH Atterseehaus hotels, situated right on
Mariahilfer Strasse, make central, yet quiet starting
points. Also in an ideal location in Salzburg is the NH
Salzburg City. This prestigious hotel owes its infectious
appeal to modern comfort and ﬁrst-class service in an
elegant setting.
On presentation of your Austrian boarding pass, you
will receive a 10 percent reduction off our room prices
and 15 percent off food and drinks. This offer is valid
for all our hotels in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic,
France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Please see
overview on page 119.

his winter, the Albertina is once again putting its
4,000 m² of exhibition space to the best possible
use with a diverse programme. In addition to the
permanent show collection, which provides a unique
overview of some of the most exciting chapters in 130 years
of art history, from French Impressionism right through to
the very latest developments, an exhibition entitled
“Nuances. The Forberg Collection” has been on show since
21 October. The special exhibition includes paintings and
sculptures, works on paper and graphic prints by the likes
of Pablo Picasso, Lyonel Feininger and Fernand Léger, and
works by artists belonging to such seminal movements as
Blauer Reiter, the Brücke and Bauhaus. The highlight of 2011
is the show “René Magritte. The Pleasure Principle”, which
opens its doors on 9 November. The exhibition extensively
celebrates one of the best-known and most popular artists
of the twentieth century, showing more than 100 works lent
by museums around the world and charting every stage of
his artistic development. In parallel with Magritte, the
Albertina is showing the collection of surrealist graphic
prints of New York entrepreneur and Gustav Mahler
specialist Gilbert Kaplan from 30 November. The collection
includes works by Max Ernst, Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró,
Pablo Picasso and other representatives of the genre.
The world’s most valuable boarding pass from Austrian
entitles you to a 50 percent discount on the price of
entrance to the Albertina Vienna.

he name ‘Sacher’ says quality, tradition – and
Vienna. The 5-Star Superior Hotel Sacher Wien was
ﬁrst opened back in 1876 by Eduard Sacher, son of the
creator of the original Sacher Torte. It was not long before
the new hotel was gaining world renown as a crossroads
for personalities of every imaginable sort, including
aristocrats, politicians, businesspeople and artists. Today,
the Sacher employs a total of 380 members of staff to
look after the well-being of its guests, giving the Sacher
its own unique ﬂair and incomparable charm. Not least
because such personal care is at the heart of an exclusive
service offered to guests. Many a business transaction
over the years will have been made easier after a guest
was addressed by name at the Hotel Sacher…
But the fascination of this hotel isn’t just based on the
numerous special features it offers, whether in its guise as
a hotel, restaurant or coffee house, a place to stay for
short or long periods, a meeting point or simply a place
for guests to feel at their ease. The thrill of the Sacher is
also about the fact that original paintings and antiques
can be admired not only in hotel rooms and suites, but
also in the hotel’s entrée, the lobby and the corridors.
To experience it yourself, drop by: the world’s most
valuable boarding pass entitles you to a 15 percent
discount on a choice of original Sacher products at the
Sacher Conﬁserie.

Bombardier Q400
The Bombardier Q400 offers the perfect combination of
passenger comfort and cost-efﬁciency. It is the ﬂagship of the
efﬁcient Bombardier turboprop “Q” series. The “Q” stands
for “quiet”, underlining the agreeable, quiet feeling that
passengers enjoy when travelling on this type of aircraft.
The aircraft have 76 seats, and are distinguished by their
greater passenger comfort and particularly cost-efﬁcient and
environmentally-friendly operation.
Austrian Airlines has been deploying the Bombardier Q400
with great success for many years now on regional and shorthaul routes, primarily into Central and Eastern Europe.

If you already hold a boarding pass for your connecting ﬂight: Your
baggage will be automatically transferred to your next ﬂight. You can proceed
straight to your departure gate. Always check your departure gate number and
time on the airport information screens.
If you do not hold a boarding pass for your connecting ﬂight: Please
check in at one of the Austrian Airlines Service Centers and obtain information
about your departure time and gate number. Or proceed directly to the
respective departure gate to check in. Kindly inform Service Center Check-in

staff about any luggage you may have checked through to your ﬁnal
destination.
If you have missed your connecting ﬂight: Contact the staff at one of the
Austrian Airlines Service Centers right away. They will make sure that you and
your luggage are re-booked onto the best possible connection.
Boarding: You can help us maintain punctuality by arriving at the boarding gate
not later than the time indicated on your boarding pass.

Direkt vom Flughafen in die City
Täglich rund um die Uhr in 20 Minuten ins Zentrum.
Abfahrt direkt vor der Ankunftshalle.
20 minutes to the city center, daily around the clock.
Buses leave right in front of the arrivals hall.

ith Star Alliance Company Plus, the award
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ould you like to see more miles for your
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WINDOW SEAT

ÖSTERREICH VON OBEN /// AUSTRIA FROM ABOVE
WIEN | VIENNA

Schloss Schönbrunn

FOTO: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC/GETTY IMAGES

Einst residierten hier die Habsburger. Heute ist
Schloss Schönbrunn eine der herausragendsten
Sehenswürdigkeiten Wiens. Im Winter ist der riesige
Schlosspark ein sehr beliebtes und romantisches
Ausﬂugsziel auch für die Wiener. Während der
Adventzeit ﬁndet vor dem Schloss ein schöner
Weihnachtsmarkt statt. ///The Habsburgs once
resided here, but today Schloss Schönbrunn is one
of the most outstanding tourist attractions in Vienna. In winter, the vast parklands of the Schlosspark
are also a hugely popular and romantic destination
for the people of the capital. And during Advent, a
beautiful Christmas market is held in front of the
Schloss itself.